Body Found Floating Off Queens Coastline

Published: June 15, 1993

The body of a man was found yesterday floating off the Queens shoreline at Breezy Point, the police said.

There was no identification on the body, but the police said the man was Asian. Sgt. Virgil Hickmon of the 101st Precinct Detective Squad said there was "a possibility" that the man may have been from the ill-fated ship Golden Venture, which was smuggling Chinese immigrants when it went aground last week off the Rockaway Peninsula.

Six people died in the incident, and all of the bodies were recovered. Federal officials said last week that they believed everyone who was aboard the ship had been accounted for.

The decomposed body, discovered by a security guard shortly after 1 P.M. off Bedford Avenue, was that of a male about 5 feet 4 inches tall and 110 pounds. He was wearing blue sweat pants and a red-flowered shirt.